Burst is our own free stock photography site for entrepreneurs. We created Burst to help small brands stand out by providing instant access to high-quality, royalty-free product photos. All images on Burst are available under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license. Under CC0, you can use and edit the photos however you want—no attribution required.

We've already uploaded more than 1,000 high-resolution images and we're adding hundreds of new photos every week.

With over 13,000 images, Stock Up doesn’t exactly have a huge library. But what it does have, is quality.

It sources images from a whole bunch of other free image directories – but it only sources the very best. In fact, I’m yet to find an image on Stock Up that doesn’t look appealing, so kudos to their team on that front.

Another website that has a large library with plenty of categories. I’ve always been impressed with the quality of the images Pexels has, so it’s well worth bookmarking. Pexels also has a Photoshop plugin, which is handy for designers.

It doesn’t have much of the traditional ‘man sitting at desk drinking coffee’ images, though. Instead, it serves up dramatic city skylines, stunning natural landscapes, and the occasional tech-related snap.

Stock Up

If you don’t have the right resources to hand, stock images can be the bane of your blogging life. But with the list above, you’re stock image hunting should be a piece of cake.

Do you use any other websites to find free stock images? Share them with us in the comments section below!

About the Author

Kaya Ismail is a wordsmith and founder of Employ the Internet. He is a seasoned content marketer with a love for video games and coffee.

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